dyttr

dyttr
m. dint, a nickname.
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m. a dint, a nickname, Fms. ii. 67; hnakka-d., a ‘neck-dint,’ i. e. a shot by a bolt in the nape of the neck, Orkn. 416 (in a verse); the hnakka-dyz of the MS. is = dytts, as vaz = vatns, braz = bratts.

An Icelandic-English dictionary. . 1874.

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